from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
DIMINUTION OF THE RECORD, practice. This phrase signifies that the record
from an inferior court, sent up to a superior, is incomplete. When this is
the case, the parties may suggest a diminution of the record, and pray a
writ of/ certiorari to the justices of the court below to certify the whole
record. Tidd's Pr. 1109; 1 S. & R. 472; Co. Ent. 232; 8 Vin. Ab. 552; 1
Lilly's Ab. 245; 1 Nels. Ab. 658; Cro. Jac. 597; Cro. Car. 91; Minor, R. 20;
4 Dev. R. 575; 1 Dey. & Bat. 382; 1 Munf. R. 119. Vide Certiorari.